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Essay About Iban

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1.0 INTRODUCTION Sarawak is a famous country of different community. Either one community is Iban. Iban is the largest community in Sarawak and also known as Dayaks. In Sarawak, the largest ethnic is the iban that consists of 48% from the other ethnics in Sarawak. Therefore, every districts in Sarawak there’s a majority of iban community living among us a city nor villages. Iban was a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo. The legend stated that, in the year 1841, Iban was fall under the rule of Rajah James Brooke. So, Iban have their own tradition such as one of the tradition is “Pua Kumbu”. Pua Kumbu is the famous textile from Sarawak of the Iban. Pua kumbu is complicated to designed because it requires inspiration from dreams and confidence to produce an only the women who produce it. Usually, Pua Kumbu also play an important role in the life of the Iban community. Besides that, Pua Kumbu is a symbol …show more content…

Where one day a hunter Iban named Menggin shoot birds in the forest area to be used as a 'skirt' of women. In the journey to his house, appear a lady named Dara Temaga Minchin, the daughter of the god ‘Singalang Birds’ asking about what skirt is. After some time, the princess agreed to become his wife later gave birth and named the child Seragunting. When the princess wanted to go back to heaven because of an affair, she was weaving two fabrics coat for the child and her husband called as 'jacket of the bird'. This jacket can bring Seragunting and Menggin (the husband) use along with princess. Then, princess turned into a bird, then Seragunting and Menggin follow the princess. When they arrived in heaven, at that time of mourning for soldiers who have died, Seragunting taught to see the birds 'omen', to took the head to be placed under a blanket of Pua.Seragunting went back to the world and has taught this to all of the Iban

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